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Glenn Beck exposes the Fed’s hidden stash — and it’s worse than we thought

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For years, Glenn Beck has called for the abolition of the Federal Reserve, arguing it’s nothing more than a private banking cartel that enables endless government spending, devalues the dollar through inflation, and secretly steals wealth from Americans via corrupt monetary policies.

But new evidence that just surfaced proves the problem is even worse than he thought.

To explain what’s been happening behind the American people’s back, Glenn gives an analogy.

“Imagine the U.S. economy is like one giant, never-ending house party that’s been raging for years, and the Federal Reserve is the bartender in charge of the punch bowl. The punch bowl, that’s liquidity, easy money flowing through the banks and the markets and the businesses,” he begins.

For years, the “punch” was overdistributed, making partygoers drunk and willing to make poor decisions. “This is when stocks and houses get wildly overpriced. Companies borrow stupid amounts ... and everybody starts to do stupid things,” Glenn says.

That’s exactly what happened in 2022 when the Federal Reserve “just printed a whole buttload of money,” he says.

But when things “got ugly,” it suddenly reversed course and announced an initiative called “quantitative tightening,” which essentially “drained the whole punch bowl.”

The Federal Reserve “needed to get rid of $2.3 trillion worth of bonds that they owned, and they said, ‘We’re just going to let them expire,”’ Glenn explains.

“In theory, this drains the money out of the system, makes it harder for you to get loans and everything else. Borrowing is more expensive. The bubbles will pop. It forces the economy to sober up.”

But this was just a ruse, Glenn says.

Instead of actually stopping the flow of “punch,” the Federal Reserve during the COVID-19 pandemic quietly redirected it instead.

“A lot of it ended up in a giant backroom keg called the overnight reverse repo facility. ... These are money market funds, big investors, big banks,” Glenn says, “and they parked about $2.5 trillion in for safekeeping, and they were earning a safe interest rate from the Fed.”

But then the backroom keg finally ran dry.

“By 2023, something had changed. The short-term Treasury bills (super safe government IOUs) started paying higher interest than the keg in the back room, so the big investors said, ‘Why are we letting all the alcohol sit in the keg? We can have a party elsewhere,”’ Glenn says. “So they started draining the backroom keg $100-$200 billion every single month, and they poured that money right back into stocks and bonds and lending.”

What was the result?

“More punch than we started with in the first place!” Glenn exclaims.

“That’s why the Dow Jones keeps hitting new highs, government keeps funding huge deficits. ... The bartender was pretending to cut off the drinks while secretly letting the elite guests go into the back room and get the hidden stash.”

These still-drunk elites, Glenn says, continue to “make stupid, dumb bets,” which just makes the “hangover worse” for the normies.

“Look out, gang — you’ve been lied to yet again,” he cautions, calling the Federal Reserve a “criminal organization” that is “stealing from the American people.”

“End the Fed,” he pleads.

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GOP Blocks Yet Another Bid to Rein In Trump as Iran War Rolls On

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Senate Republicans voted largely in unison Wednesday to defeat yet another Democrat-sponsored war powers resolution that would have prohibited President Trump from continuing military operations against Iran, according to The Hill.The vote marked the fifth time Republicans...

Should SNAP recipients be able to buy sugary snacks? Florida man sparks BRUTAL online debate.

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One Florida man's complaint against Republicans forbidding snacks and soda purchases in the food welfare program sparked a massive debate online.

Critics of the Trump administration have angrily denounced the ban on unhealthy foods purchased with taxpayer funds through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

'There are thousands of people who don't use benefits who have to say no to soda/candy bc they can't afford it.'

One Florida man became the center of the debate on the X social media platform after complaining about the ban on Monday.

"As of today, Florida SNAP recipients can't buy soda or candy because God forbid we allow a single mom and her kids a few moments of happiness at the end of the day," wrote the man, who identified as a NeverTrumper.

The suggestion was immediately buried by a landslide of responses from those defending the ban on taxpayer-funded candy and soda.

"There is no nutritional value in candy or soda. What Texas and Florida are doing fits the purpose of the program, which is making sure families have access to nutritious food. It buys meat, milk, bread, eggs, etc," economic expert Amy Nixon replied.

"Where does it end? How much should taxpayers be on the hook for? It's not Monopoly money. We give people who (mostly) made decisions resulting in the [U.S.] paying their way. There are thousands of people who don't use benefits who have to say no to soda/candy bc they can't afford it," responded Blaze Media social media editor Jessica O'Donnell.

"SNAP recipients can still buy soda and candy if they want. They just have to use their own money, like everyone else. SNAP is government assistance for supplemental NUTRITION; soda & candy is not nutrition," GOP communications specialist Christina Pushaw replied.

"Soda and candy are luxuries. If you are reliant on taxpayer funding to feed your family, then you cannot afford luxuries. Many average citizens who DO NOT rely on taxpayer funding have to cut out luxury items," another popular response reads.

"Taxpayer funded SNAP was not designed to bring single moms and kids moments of happiness," another critic replied. "It's [sic] intent is to provide low income households with basic nutritional sustenance. If junkfood makes you happy, you're welcome to buy it with your earned money like the rest of us."

A group of SNAP recipients has filed a lawsuit to stop the ban on junk foods, sugary sodas, and energy drinks after arguing that it's discriminatory against diabetics and people with "avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder."

RELATED: Able-bodied 38-year-old man goes viral for response to Trump food stamp restrictions: 'That's some bulls**t!'

The original poster followed up with a response to the furor he caused.

"I'm obviously not spending my day replying to all of these but if you are bothered by people getting a soda and some candy but not the billions and billions of dollars that we waste every day at the Pentagon, you should do some soul-searching," he wrote.

"We could fund an entire week of nationwide snap benefits for every day of our engagement with Iran," he added.

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